Sri Lanka v India, 1st Test- Statistical review

Sri Lanka v India, 1st Test- Statistical review: India failed to win the match against Sri Lanka even after getting a huge lead of 191 in 1st innings, as they crumbled to just 112 in 4th innings while chasing 176. Here we look at all the stats recorded during the game.

Sri Lanka v India, 1st test– Statistical review:

2 – Number of times India failed to chase less than 200 in 4th innings of Test. 176 vs Sri Lanka in this game and 120 vs vs West Indies in 1997 at Bridgetown.

192 – The lead India took in this game only to end up on losing side. Only the 3rd time a team ended on losing end taking a lead over 190 excluding England’s win against Pakistan after the match was conceded by umpires.

Australia vs Sri Lanka in 1992 at Colombo won after conceding a lead of 291 in 1st innings.

The highest lead taken by India in 1st innings only to end up on losing side in a Test before this was in 1992 vs Australia at Adelaide after they took a lead of 80.

112 – This is now lowest total for India in Test cricket against Sri Lanka. Previous lowest total was in 2008 at Colombo. This is also India’s 8th lowest total in 4th innings of Test match.

0 – Number of times a team managed to chase down a score of 100 and above in 4th innings at Galle. The record continues to stay.

22 – Number of 5-wicket hauls Rangana Hearth has picked up so far. The 4th most 5-wicket hauls recorded by a spinner in Test Cricket.

7/48 – Bowling figures of Rangana Hearth in 4th innings of the Test match. These are the 3rd best figures for a Sri Lankan bowler in 4th innings of Test match. Best bowling figures in 4th innings of a Test for Sri Lanka are on name of M Muralitharan with 8 for 70.

8 – Number of catches taken by Ajinkya Rahane in this Test match, the most catches by a fielder in a Test match. There are 7 other instances where players caught 7 catches in a match.

Also Read : Top 10 fielders with most number of catches in a Test match

6 – Ravi Ashwin’s 10 wicket haul was the 6th 10-wicket haul by an Indian spinner away from home. The last 10-wicket haul by an Indian spinner away from home also came at Galle against Sri Lanka in 2008 by Harbhajan Singh.

13 – Number of Tests taken by Dinesh Chandimal to reach 1000 runs as wicket keeper, the fastest for any wicket keeper batsman. Previous fastest was by AB de Villiers in 14 Tests.

49 – Jehan Mubarak’s highest score in 21 Test innings so far. His previous highest was 48 against South Africa in 2002.

3 – Shikhar Dhawan became the 3rd Indian opener after Sunil Gavaskar and Rahul Dravid to score back to back centuries in Test Cricket outside India.

8 – Number of times times Virat Kohli got out in between 100 and 120 in Test Cricket. The most times a batsman got out in between 100 and 120 since January, 2010. 3 out of those 8 times, Kohli got out exactly on 103.

5 – Number of times 8 Indian batsman got out through LBW and bowled in a Test innings. (During India’s 1st innings)

2 – Wriddhiman Saha became only the 2nd Indian wicket keeper to score a fifty in Test match in Sri Lanka.

6/46 – These are R Ashwin’s bowling figures in 1st innings of this Test. These figures are Ashwin’s best bowling figures in a Test innings. It is only the 2nd 6-wicket haul by an Indian in Sri Lanka and the best figures in 1st innings of an away Test match.